April 2013 Board Minutes
Avon Lake Soccer Organization Board Meeting Minutes April 2, 2013
Meeting called to order at 7:35pm Board Members Present President: Vice-President: Treasurer: Registrar: Secretary: Tournament Directors: Fields Director: Commissioner: Director of Coaching: Director of Player Development: Boys Travel Director: Girls Travel Director: Boys U6/U7 Director: Boys U8/U9 Director: Girls U6/U7 Director: Girls U8/U9 Director: Guests:
Michael Carr – present Shannon Young – present Jason Gallo – not present William Keller – not present Steve Crimaldi – present Matt White – present Open Keith Lopez – present Dan Gourash – present Chris Gee – not present Grey Kennedy – not present Dawn Carlin – not present Phil Hock – present Kris Thorpe – not present Open Spencer Ryan – not present
Tony Dore, Caleb Reutter, Stank Stepak
Tony Dore, President of Unico Sports made a presentation regarding ALSO travel team uniforms. He brought a sample to share Unico Sports information Has been in business over 11 years designing custom uniforms. Currently do a lot of teams around the area including Amherst, Avon, North Ridgeville, and Westlake. Uniforms were formerly made overseas. Recently merged with a manufacturer in Solon and all uniforms are now in USA in Solon, Ohio. Mr. Lopez mentioned that the new kits are $80. Our current kits are $76. Kit will include a training t-shirt. Discussion held about color and Mr. Dore requested that he receive a sample and Unico would be able to match color. Sample to be given from ALHS uniforms.
Tony mentioned that backpacks will not be made in USA in 2013. We hope that as we develop our processes better, we can do this in 2014. We hope to have our prototypes in a few months to show us. Unico is willing to make coaching shirts as well. Unico will work with ALSO to follow current would set up a website for a certain time period around tryouts where parents could go on and order the uniform set as well as additional stuff (i.e. hoodies, hats, etc.) and pay with paypal. Then set up a few pick up time and places. Caleb Reutter Made a presentation requesting ALSO support to form a U11 Boys team for 2013-14 to play in the State League. He indicated that approximately 12-14 players have expressed interest. He presented this as a lower cost option to allow players to play at a higher level. ALSO would need to pay $350 bond to apply for State League membership. Cost of team entry (Player and coach registration) would be divided among players, but Mr. Reutter estimated that this would be approximately $40-45 per player. State League requires that teams have home field for use which would mean 4 home games at Troy in the fall and spring. Mr. Gourash made a motion to accept the proposal for ALSO to apply to join the State League including paying $350 application fee and endorse Caleb entering a U11 boys team in the fall. Mr. Lopez seconds. Motion approved unanimously.
Previous Board Meeting Minutes Minutes from March 2013 minutes were reviewed. Ms. Young made a motion to accept, Mr. Lopez seconded motion. Motion accpeted unanimously. Treasurer – Jason Gallo (not present) No report Secretary – Steve Crimaldi No report
Registrar – Bill Keller (not present) Currently 69 mini micros registered at last report. 44 additional players signing up for spring only. All rec directors need to send their team assignments to Bill. He has very few concussion certificates. Ms. Carlin also has received some certificates and will forward to him.
Vice President - Shannon Young Schedule ready to go, will review with coaches. Working on getting refs lined up and registrations to be finalized. Will be organizing mini micros and get teams started soon. Two people did email to volunteer to help with family fun day. British Challenger reps will be there. Director of Coaching – Dan Gourash (not present) Professional coaching plans set for the spring; combination for OYSAN Center of Excellence (COE) and ALHS coaches. Also will review what went on this winter and make revisions for next winter. Mr. Carr mentioned that Tom Turner will be doing the “Center of Excellence” on Monday nights and any coach that wants to help out on Mondays can get their coaching license. Mr. Gourash will send out an email to all coaches to let them know this. Director of Player Development – Chris Gee (not present; report given by Mr. Crimaldi) 4 new boys travel players added. U8 and older Rec academy signups sent out...34 girls...24 boys have signed up. Boys will be on Fridays with Matt Decapua and girls will be on Mondays with Tom Turner U6/u7 technical trainings are being run by Brook Henderson with assistance from ALHS girls players on Saturday mornings. Coach Duvall will coordinate a schedule for the ALHS players. Winter indoor training with Attila Csiszar is finished up and was amazing
Tournament Director – Matt White We have a tournament committee with 4 new volunteers. Marketing is fully underway and teams are registering. Team registrations are a little behind where we were this time last year. Tournament logo for 2013 is up on the tournament website. We still need to recruit site directors with soccer experience. Mr. Lopez made a suggestion to come up with a list of tasks that need to be done so we can recruit people. Sign up genius is already set up for volunteers to help. As soon as schedule is out, it will be advertised. Will send out an email to all travel coaches to remind them to sign up their teams and solicit volunteers. Commissioner – Keith Lopez Mr. Lopez made a motion proposing that ALSO changes uniform vendor beginning in 2013-14 to Unico Sports with the following kit: white sox, maroon shorts, two shirts in the design they presented and include a grey practice shirt. Mr. Gourash made a motion to accept proposal. Mr. Crimaldi seconded motion. Motion passed unanimously. Maroon color will need to be provided for Unico. New 11v111 occer goals have been ordered (2 sets) for Troy. They will be delivered on Friday. Mr. Carr and Mr. Lopez will be soliciting volunteers to assemble them this weekend. Mr. Carr has spoken with ALHS Athletic Director, Tom Barone, about removing the old permanent goals. Mr. Barone agreed to have them removed some time in April. Fields – Open (Mr. Carr presented) Mr. Carr was out Saturday morning at Walker Road Park with the Bay field director and was repairing damaged fields. It is lined and ready. Learwood was fairly dry at this point. A work day will need to be organized to move goals. Troy will need a day to set up goals. The fields have spots that could use more dirt. There was a pile of topsoil delivered last fall that was to be used at the end of the fall season. It appears that this was not done. Mr. Carr reported that he had been putting some on fields and asked that board members encourage others to help out with some of the bad spots at Troy.
Boys U6/U7- Phil Hock 19 new boys signed up. Two new teams will be added. Mr. Hock is actively recruiting coaches. Will start separating teams soon. Girls U6/U7 – Open Spencer did place his new girls with his coaches. Coaches are to contacting players now. Boys U8/U9 – Kris Thorpe (not present) No report Girls U8/U9 – Spencer Ryan (not present) No report Boys Travel Director – Grey Kennedy (not present) No report Girls Travel Director – Dawn Carlin (not present) No report President – Michael Carr Mr. Carr discussed board polos and presented possible shirt designs.
Old Business 1) Indoor Training Program a. Mr. Gourash and Mr. Gee will evaluate this past winter and use this info as we create next season’s winter program. b. Mr. White suggested ALSO consider use of Westview School for winter training next year. c. Feedback is welcome. 2) Spring 2013 Coaching - Review and approval of coaches a. Matt DeCapua (Fridays this Spring for rec U8 and above, and Travel U11-14 boys): Ms. Young made a motion to approve as coach. Mr. Hock seconded. Motion approved unanimously. b. Daegen Duvall (Wednesdays with U11-12 girls and some Fridays with U14 girls): Mr. Gourash made a motion to approve as coach. Mr. White seconded motion. Motion approved unanimously. c. Brooke Henderson (U6/7 on Saturday mornings with assistance of ALHS Girls). Brooke @ $30/hour; 3-4 HS kids @ $8/hour: Mr. Gourash made a motion to approve as coach. Mr. White seconded motion. Motion approved unanimously. d. Tom Turner (OYSAN COE) (Mondays rec U8 and above, Travel U13-14 Girls; Thursdays U10&11 Girls) for $3000 for all 6 weeks: Mr. Gourash made a motion to approve as coach. Mr. White seconded motion. Motion approved unanimously. Single Carding Plan 3) Single Carding Plan a. Reviewed three part plan presented at last meeting. i. Play in AASL for both boys & girls remaining with OYSAN/US Youth Soccer. This was approved as almost all of Westside communities plan to remain with OYSAN. ii. Hire professional Director of Coaching- this was discussed but no definitive action taken. iii. Recommend to register under Challenger Crew Juniors. 1. Mr. Gourash requested receiving commitment from them to create new opportunities (teams) as several of the age groups already have complete teams. 2. Discussion held about whether this was the best option for ALSO. No decision/action.
4) 2013-14 Travel Tryouts Update a. Tryout dates are published on ALSO website. 5) Concussion Legislation a. All coaches need to have certificate of completion of Concussion course by April 26, 2013. b. Coaches are to take the NFHS Concussion course not CDC course. c. Certificates of course completion should be forwarded to Bill Keller at [email protected]. d. Mr. Gourash continues to work on the coaching materials that he had discussed preparting at the last board meeting. e. ODH Concussion Information Sheet needs to be provided to all parents. f. Process for coaches to follow will need to be established and communicated. 6) Website Update a. Mr. Carr continues to work on and learn how to create the new website. Anyone that has any good Avon Lake soccer pictures are encouraged to send them to him. Board members were asked to take a look and provide suggestions. b. We also need to get pictures of all Board members. Send pictures of yourself to Mr. Carr.
New Business 1) 2013-14 Registration a. Registration for next year will need to be prepared and opening in the next month. b. Recommendation made to keep fees the same for 2013-14.
Meeting adjourned at 9:57 pm Next meeting – Tuesday, May 7, 7:30 pm at Old Firehouse.
Meeting called to order at 7:35pm Board Members Present President: Vice-President: Treasurer: Registrar: Secretary: Tournament Directors: Fields Director: Commissioner: Director of Coaching: Director of Player Development: Boys Travel Director: Girls Travel Director: Boys U6/U7 Director: Boys U8/U9 Director: Girls U6/U7 Director: Girls U8/U9 Director: Guests:
Michael Carr – present Shannon Young – present Jason Gallo – not present William Keller – not present Steve Crimaldi – present Matt White – present Open Keith Lopez – present Dan Gourash – present Chris Gee – not present Grey Kennedy – not present Dawn Carlin – not present Phil Hock – present Kris Thorpe – not present Open Spencer Ryan – not present
Tony Dore, Caleb Reutter, Stank Stepak
Tony Dore, President of Unico Sports made a presentation regarding ALSO travel team uniforms. He brought a sample to share Unico Sports information Has been in business over 11 years designing custom uniforms. Currently do a lot of teams around the area including Amherst, Avon, North Ridgeville, and Westlake. Uniforms were formerly made overseas. Recently merged with a manufacturer in Solon and all uniforms are now in USA in Solon, Ohio. Mr. Lopez mentioned that the new kits are $80. Our current kits are $76. Kit will include a training t-shirt. Discussion held about color and Mr. Dore requested that he receive a sample and Unico would be able to match color. Sample to be given from ALHS uniforms.
Tony mentioned that backpacks will not be made in USA in 2013. We hope that as we develop our processes better, we can do this in 2014. We hope to have our prototypes in a few months to show us. Unico is willing to make coaching shirts as well. Unico will work with ALSO to follow current would set up a website for a certain time period around tryouts where parents could go on and order the uniform set as well as additional stuff (i.e. hoodies, hats, etc.) and pay with paypal. Then set up a few pick up time and places. Caleb Reutter Made a presentation requesting ALSO support to form a U11 Boys team for 2013-14 to play in the State League. He indicated that approximately 12-14 players have expressed interest. He presented this as a lower cost option to allow players to play at a higher level. ALSO would need to pay $350 bond to apply for State League membership. Cost of team entry (Player and coach registration) would be divided among players, but Mr. Reutter estimated that this would be approximately $40-45 per player. State League requires that teams have home field for use which would mean 4 home games at Troy in the fall and spring. Mr. Gourash made a motion to accept the proposal for ALSO to apply to join the State League including paying $350 application fee and endorse Caleb entering a U11 boys team in the fall. Mr. Lopez seconds. Motion approved unanimously.
Previous Board Meeting Minutes Minutes from March 2013 minutes were reviewed. Ms. Young made a motion to accept, Mr. Lopez seconded motion. Motion accpeted unanimously. Treasurer – Jason Gallo (not present) No report Secretary – Steve Crimaldi No report
Registrar – Bill Keller (not present) Currently 69 mini micros registered at last report. 44 additional players signing up for spring only. All rec directors need to send their team assignments to Bill. He has very few concussion certificates. Ms. Carlin also has received some certificates and will forward to him.
Vice President - Shannon Young Schedule ready to go, will review with coaches. Working on getting refs lined up and registrations to be finalized. Will be organizing mini micros and get teams started soon. Two people did email to volunteer to help with family fun day. British Challenger reps will be there. Director of Coaching – Dan Gourash (not present) Professional coaching plans set for the spring; combination for OYSAN Center of Excellence (COE) and ALHS coaches. Also will review what went on this winter and make revisions for next winter. Mr. Carr mentioned that Tom Turner will be doing the “Center of Excellence” on Monday nights and any coach that wants to help out on Mondays can get their coaching license. Mr. Gourash will send out an email to all coaches to let them know this. Director of Player Development – Chris Gee (not present; report given by Mr. Crimaldi) 4 new boys travel players added. U8 and older Rec academy signups sent out...34 girls...24 boys have signed up. Boys will be on Fridays with Matt Decapua and girls will be on Mondays with Tom Turner U6/u7 technical trainings are being run by Brook Henderson with assistance from ALHS girls players on Saturday mornings. Coach Duvall will coordinate a schedule for the ALHS players. Winter indoor training with Attila Csiszar is finished up and was amazing
Tournament Director – Matt White We have a tournament committee with 4 new volunteers. Marketing is fully underway and teams are registering. Team registrations are a little behind where we were this time last year. Tournament logo for 2013 is up on the tournament website. We still need to recruit site directors with soccer experience. Mr. Lopez made a suggestion to come up with a list of tasks that need to be done so we can recruit people. Sign up genius is already set up for volunteers to help. As soon as schedule is out, it will be advertised. Will send out an email to all travel coaches to remind them to sign up their teams and solicit volunteers. Commissioner – Keith Lopez Mr. Lopez made a motion proposing that ALSO changes uniform vendor beginning in 2013-14 to Unico Sports with the following kit: white sox, maroon shorts, two shirts in the design they presented and include a grey practice shirt. Mr. Gourash made a motion to accept proposal. Mr. Crimaldi seconded motion. Motion passed unanimously. Maroon color will need to be provided for Unico. New 11v111 occer goals have been ordered (2 sets) for Troy. They will be delivered on Friday. Mr. Carr and Mr. Lopez will be soliciting volunteers to assemble them this weekend. Mr. Carr has spoken with ALHS Athletic Director, Tom Barone, about removing the old permanent goals. Mr. Barone agreed to have them removed some time in April. Fields – Open (Mr. Carr presented) Mr. Carr was out Saturday morning at Walker Road Park with the Bay field director and was repairing damaged fields. It is lined and ready. Learwood was fairly dry at this point. A work day will need to be organized to move goals. Troy will need a day to set up goals. The fields have spots that could use more dirt. There was a pile of topsoil delivered last fall that was to be used at the end of the fall season. It appears that this was not done. Mr. Carr reported that he had been putting some on fields and asked that board members encourage others to help out with some of the bad spots at Troy.
Boys U6/U7- Phil Hock 19 new boys signed up. Two new teams will be added. Mr. Hock is actively recruiting coaches. Will start separating teams soon. Girls U6/U7 – Open Spencer did place his new girls with his coaches. Coaches are to contacting players now. Boys U8/U9 – Kris Thorpe (not present) No report Girls U8/U9 – Spencer Ryan (not present) No report Boys Travel Director – Grey Kennedy (not present) No report Girls Travel Director – Dawn Carlin (not present) No report President – Michael Carr Mr. Carr discussed board polos and presented possible shirt designs.
Old Business 1) Indoor Training Program a. Mr. Gourash and Mr. Gee will evaluate this past winter and use this info as we create next season’s winter program. b. Mr. White suggested ALSO consider use of Westview School for winter training next year. c. Feedback is welcome. 2) Spring 2013 Coaching - Review and approval of coaches a. Matt DeCapua (Fridays this Spring for rec U8 and above, and Travel U11-14 boys): Ms. Young made a motion to approve as coach. Mr. Hock seconded. Motion approved unanimously. b. Daegen Duvall (Wednesdays with U11-12 girls and some Fridays with U14 girls): Mr. Gourash made a motion to approve as coach. Mr. White seconded motion. Motion approved unanimously. c. Brooke Henderson (U6/7 on Saturday mornings with assistance of ALHS Girls). Brooke @ $30/hour; 3-4 HS kids @ $8/hour: Mr. Gourash made a motion to approve as coach. Mr. White seconded motion. Motion approved unanimously. d. Tom Turner (OYSAN COE) (Mondays rec U8 and above, Travel U13-14 Girls; Thursdays U10&11 Girls) for $3000 for all 6 weeks: Mr. Gourash made a motion to approve as coach. Mr. White seconded motion. Motion approved unanimously. Single Carding Plan 3) Single Carding Plan a. Reviewed three part plan presented at last meeting. i. Play in AASL for both boys & girls remaining with OYSAN/US Youth Soccer. This was approved as almost all of Westside communities plan to remain with OYSAN. ii. Hire professional Director of Coaching- this was discussed but no definitive action taken. iii. Recommend to register under Challenger Crew Juniors. 1. Mr. Gourash requested receiving commitment from them to create new opportunities (teams) as several of the age groups already have complete teams. 2. Discussion held about whether this was the best option for ALSO. No decision/action.
4) 2013-14 Travel Tryouts Update a. Tryout dates are published on ALSO website. 5) Concussion Legislation a. All coaches need to have certificate of completion of Concussion course by April 26, 2013. b. Coaches are to take the NFHS Concussion course not CDC course. c. Certificates of course completion should be forwarded to Bill Keller at [email protected]. d. Mr. Gourash continues to work on the coaching materials that he had discussed preparting at the last board meeting. e. ODH Concussion Information Sheet needs to be provided to all parents. f. Process for coaches to follow will need to be established and communicated. 6) Website Update a. Mr. Carr continues to work on and learn how to create the new website. Anyone that has any good Avon Lake soccer pictures are encouraged to send them to him. Board members were asked to take a look and provide suggestions. b. We also need to get pictures of all Board members. Send pictures of yourself to Mr. Carr.
New Business 1) 2013-14 Registration a. Registration for next year will need to be prepared and opening in the next month. b. Recommendation made to keep fees the same for 2013-14.
Meeting adjourned at 9:57 pm Next meeting – Tuesday, May 7, 7:30 pm at Old Firehouse.
